I completed my Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition from Penn State University in 1980. While I was there I realized I would need to further my education in order to be able to help individuals to be truly healthy. It was about this time that I had such a positive experience with chiropractic and I decided that it would be a perfect fit with my nutrition background. So off I went to Palmer College of Chiropractic - West in Sunnyvale, Calif. It was a very exciting time for me, as my class was one of the first classes to start at the Palmer-West campus. After graduating in 1985, I practiced in California for three years before returning to my hometown of Pittsburgh with my wife Dawne to establish a practice and raise a family.